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Alam Khan, Vijay Iyer, Nitin Mitta
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Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith
Sanctuary
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Vijay Iyer: Trouble
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
Fieldwork
Defiant Life, the new album by Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith, is out now in CD and digital, with the vinyl following soon after. Link in bio.
Anchored in the idea that, despite all obstacles, the human experience casts a net of possibilities, Defiant Life – Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith second duo recording for ECM – proves a profound meditation on the human condition and both the suffering and resilience it entails. An ethereal iridescence glistens between Leo Smith’s unmistakable trumpet wail and Vijay’s textural key strokes on piano and Fender Rhodes, conjuring multi-dimensional spaces of thoughtful musical conversation. “We work from our individual languages and materials,” notes Vijay in his extensive liner note, as well as “our methods of aural attunement, and what I would call a shared aesthetic of necessity”. A necessity both urgent and peaceful, ominously stated in the first long-track “Sumud”, then endowed with a celebratory aura throughout the “Floating River Requiem”, still doubtful but with silver linings on “Elegy: The Pilgrimage” and devastatingly beautiful in the concluding “Procession: Defiant Life”. If the album is a contemplation on life as such, then it is its sense of wonder that comes to full expression here. Recorded within two days at Lugano’s Auditorio Stelio Molo, Defiant Life was produced by Manfred Eicher.
„This recording session was conditioned by our ongoing sor
27steve lehman/vijay iyer/tyshawn sorey
THEREUPON
out now on all platforms
in streaming, digital, CD, & vinyl
Please enjoy!
(but please don’t use sp0t!fy!)
https://pirecordings.lnk.to/thereupon
27SANCTUARY: the ep
Alam Khan, sarode
Vijay Iyer, piano & rhodes
Nitin Mitta, tabla
Also — Bay area! We’re playing a concert at @thefreightberkeley next Saturday, December 13. Hope to see you there!
Peace & blessings
V.
cover art by @pardonmyhindi
linktr.ee/vijayiyer
27++ NEW RELEASE ++
Defiant Life, the new album by Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith, is out now in CD and digital, with the vinyl following soon after. Link in bio.
Anchored in the idea that, despite all obstacles, the human experience casts a net of possibilities, Defiant Life – Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith second duo recording for ECM – proves a profound meditation on the human condition and both the suffering and resilience it entails. An ethereal iridescence glistens between Leo Smith’s unmistakable trumpet wail and Vijay’s textural key strokes on piano and Fender Rhodes, conjuring multi-dimensional spaces of thoughtful musical conversation. “We work from our individual languages and materials,” notes Vijay in his extensive liner note, as well as “our methods of aural attunement, and what I would call a shared aesthetic of necessity”. A necessity both urgent and peaceful, ominously stated in the first long-track “Sumud”, then endowed with a celebratory aura throughout the “Floating River Requiem”, still doubtful but with silver linings on “Elegy: The Pilgrimage” and devastatingly beautiful in the concluding “Procession: Defiant Life”. If the album is a contemplation on life as such, then it is its sense of wonder that comes to full expression here. Recorded within two days at Lugano’s Auditorio Stelio Molo, Defiant Life was produced by Manfred Eicher.
„This recording session was conditioned by our ongoing sor
8 months ago
FIELDWORK:
steve lehman/vijay iyer/tyshawn sorey
THEREUPON
out now on all platforms
in streaming, digital, CD, & vinyl
Please enjoy!
(but please don’t use sp0t!fy!)
https://pirecordings.lnk.to/thereupon
8 months ago
A year ago the three of us got together to experiment. This EP offers a glimpse of that first encounter. Link below & in bio. Please enjoy 🙏🏾
SANCTUARY: the ep
Alam Khan, sarode
Vijay Iyer, piano & rhodes
Nitin Mitta, tabla
Also — Bay area! We’re playing a concert at @thefreightberkeley next Saturday, December 13. Hope to see you there!
Peace & blessings
V.
cover art by @pardonmyhindi
linktr.ee/vijayiyer
8 months ago